He was quietly appreciated by those who knew him well; but his more obvious distinction consisted in this, that he was married.

Ours, as you remember, was a bachelor crowd; in spirit anyhow, if not absolutely in fact.

There might have been a few wives in existence, but if so they were invisible, distant, never alluded to.

For what would have been the good?
Davidson alone was visibly married.
"Being married suited him exactly.

It fitted him so well that the wildest of us did not resent the fact when it was disclosed.